Championship

Npower Championship Betting

The Npower Championship is the name of the division given to the second tier of football in England and is a very popular betting heat. With many games televised during the season, plus well supported teams such as Nottingham Forest and Leeds United there is plenty of interest from a Football Betting perspective.

The Championship is an extremely competitive league with the weekly matches very difficult to predict. Teams that have been promoted to the Premier League in past years include the likes of Burnley, Blackpool and Swansea, making the betting on who will win the league outright very tricky.

The betting is hotting up on who will win the league this season and earn a place in the Premier League. West Ham, Birmingham and Blackpool are all bidding to go straight back up after being relegated from the top flight last year. While established Championship clubs like Leicester, Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough will be keen to return to the Premier League after long absences. Peterborough, Brighton and Southampton are looking to do well in the Championship after being promoted from League 1 last season.

As well as betting on the outright winner of the Championship, bookmakers will take bets on who will get promoted and relegated, plus you can bet on who will be the division’s top goalscorer. You can also bet on a team to win on the handicap, where the bookie attributes imaginary points head start to each team which can be added to the team’s real points tally at the end of the season.